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common adj

1 a:
of or relating to a community at large :public
[ defense] b:
known to the community [a thief] 2:
belonging to or shared by two or more persons or things or by all members of a group [when the insured and the beneficiary perish in a disaster] [ areas of the building] 3:
of or relating to common stock [ shares]
n 1pl

cap:house of commons 2:
the legal right of taking a profit in another's land in common with the owner or others [the of estovers] [the of pasture] 3:
a piece of land subject to common use: as a:
land jointly owned and used esp. for pasture b:
a public open area in a municipality 4:
a condition of shared ownership :
a condition in which a right is shared with an interest held by another person [held the estate in ] see also tenancy in common
at tenancy
compare severalty5:common stock
at stock